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Windows XP Security Tips

Windows XP Security Tips

While there are general security tips which apply to all operating systems, however, each operating system platform provides its own set of security challenges. The following tips are designed specifically for Microsoft Windows XP.

Disable dangerous features. Microsoft Windows systems come with a number of features enabled by default that introduce significant security risks while doing


Windows 7 Security Tips

Windows 7 Security Tips

Windows 7 is supposed to the most secure version of Windows yet.
Windows7 Operating System software is built on top of Windows Vista base code and hence it offers much of the same level of security that Windows Vista offered. However, Windows 7 has added some more new features to operating system security and streamlined the


How to Secure your PC with a Firewall

How to Secure your PC with a Firewall

Basically, there are three types of firewall systems that are available for you to select from:

Wireless routers
Hardware routers
Software firewalls

In order to ascertain the best type of firewall for you, you need to answer two questions and record your answers: How many computers need to use the firewall, and; What operating system do you use? (This